BATON ROUGE – Grammy nominated rock band 3 Doors Down will perform at halftime of the LSU-Texas A&M football game this Saturday, Nov. 28, with LSU’s Golden Band from Tigerland, director of athletics and vice chancellor Joe Alleva announced today.
The LSU Athletic Department, along with LSU Sports Properties, collaborated with partner Halftime Live, to develop special halftime performances that are integrated with LSU’s Tiger Band. The 3 Doors Down performance will feature their song Citizen Soldier and highlight Wounded Warriors on the field.
“This is my most anticipated moment in my entire life,” said 3 Doors Down guitarist Chris Henderson. “Playing a show for my favorite team during a SEC game……It doesn’t get any better than that.”
Since forming in 1995, Mississippi rock quintet 3 Doors Down has sold more than 20 million albums worldwide, garnered three Grammy nominations, two American Music Awards, and five BMI Pop Awards for songwriting, including BMI’s coveted “Songwriter of the Year” award.
The band’s debut album, 2000’s The Better Life, which is now certified six times platinum, featured the smash hit “Kryptonite.” Their sophomore album, 2002’s Away from the Sun, saw similar success with its radio mainstays “When I’m Gone” and “Here Without You.” Their subsequent efforts 2005’s platinum certified Seventeen Days and 2008’s 3 Doors Down debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart. In 2012, 3 Doors Down released The Greatest Hits, a collection of nine #1 hits and three new songs, returning to the Top 5 at radio with “One Light.”